Les Tokar

is a technology nut and Founder of The SSD Review. His early work includes the first consumer SSD review along with MS Vista, Win 7 and SSD Optimization Guides. Les is fortunate to, not only evaluate and provide opinion on consumer and enterprise solid state storage but also, travel the world in search of new technologies and great friendships. Google+

Corsair Launches 90GB and 180GB Force Series SSDs

Corsair®, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced two additions to its award-winning Force Series SSD family. The new models include the F90 and F180 Force Series SSDs, with densities of 90GB and 180GB respectively. These latest additions to the Corsair Force Series are built using the Sandforce SF-1200 SSD Processor, …

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Mad Catz Call of Duty: Black Ops Stealth Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews

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Human input devices (especially the mouse) are very much akin to musical instruments. They are both designed to take the coordinated movements of human hands and transduce them into a predictable yet marvelous output. For instruments the output are sound waves, but on a computer the output can be any imaginable manipulation of a virtual world. In both cases the …

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Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Challenger Pro Gaming Keyboard Review @Hi Tech Legion

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“The Tt eSPORTS Challenger Pro Gaming keyboard is the latest offering from Thermaltakes eSPORTS brand. The eSPORTS Challenger Pro Gaming keyboard has low profile and red backlit keys specifically designed with gamers in mind. With the ability to store up to 40 macros in 4 different profiles, the Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Challenger Pro Gaming keyboard provides the winning edge when …

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Patriot Convoy 425XL SAS/SATA RAID Enclosure @ Benchmark Reviews

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Most PC cases sold today don’t have any provision for directly mounting a 3.5″ device in the front panel. Floppy drives are a thing of the distant past, and most accessory units designed for mounting in this location have adopted the 5.25″ format. The Patriot Convoy 425XL takes advantage of this larger environment to provide space for four 2.5″ format …

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Apple makes PhotoFast stop production of speedy 256 GB MacBook Air SSDs

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Back in late October 9TO5MAC reported that PhotoFast began producing 256GB SSD upgrade kits for Apples latest MacBook Air lineup. PhotoFasts third-party SSD upgrade for the new MacBook Airs read and write at 250MB/s while Apples included SSD runs at between 150MB/s and 160MB/s.. Now, according to a source close to the company, Apple contacted PhotoFast last week and had them …

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Silicon Power Announces Ultra Fast 2.5” SATA SSD, The E20 ~ A New Prospect in Computer Storage

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NEW SSD MANUFACTURER RELEASE . Leading flash memory manufacturer, Silicon Power today unleashes their new 2.5 SATA solid state drive (SSD) ~ E20, a new prospect in computer storage! . . . . The new E20 challenges SSD limitations with uniquely developed technology to boost read speeds up to 250MB/s and write speeds up to 230MB/s, both data transfer rates surpass the major SSD …

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8GB G.Skill Ripjaws 2000MHz DDR3 Memory @ Benchmark Reviews

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The maximum speed officially supported by an Intel Core i3/i5 CPU is 1333MHz, and most will know too well that that even lower priced Intel H55/P55 Motherboards can support a 200 BCLK. If you like to dabble in the dark art of overclocking there are a few good reasons to choose a 2000MHz (PC3-16000) RAM kit. . Firstly you have the options …

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Nvidia GTX 570 Specs leaked @ eTeknix.com

From the Palit line up of Nvidias flagship card we can reveal the specs rumoured to be in the GTX 570. Our friends over at SweClockers.com have obtained a leaked product spec sheet suggesting that the card will come equipped with 480 processing cores running a core clock of 732MHz, 1280Mb of GDDR5ram with the Memory clock at 1900MHz (giving a combined …

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Thermaltake EMP0001SLS Tt eSports DASHER Gaming Mouse Pad @Hi Tech Legion

“The Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Dasher offers increased responsiveness over regular mouse pads.  With the Thermaltake Dasher Mousepads enlarged surface area, you have the freedom to move your mouse across the screen faster than the competition, even in Eyefinity or Surround monitor setups.  The Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Dasher Mouse Pad comes with a 1-year warranty and is designed to withstand the …

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